American titan : searching for John Wayne / Marc Eliot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eliot, Marc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wayne, John, 1907-1979.

Wayne, John.

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

413 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

From the New York Times best-selling biographer of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American film icons of all time.

An audience favorite and top box office draw for decades, John Wayne symbolized masculinity, power, and patriotism, and inspired millions of Americans. Yet despite his popularity and success, he was unfairly dismissed as a "B" movie actor lacking elegance, creativity, range, and depth. This book challenges conventional wisdom and reevaluates Wayne's life and vital cinematic legacy, ultimately placing the man known as "Duke" among a select and brilliant pantheon of "actor auteurs"--artists whose consistency of style in their work reflects their personal creative vision.--From publisher description.

Contents:

A long, rough stagecoach to fame, powered by a Ford

War, Hollywood, and Wayne in the forties

Searching through the fifties

From the ashes of The Alamo to the fires of Vietnam

With True grit and an Oscar by his side into the sunset.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357), filmography (pages 379-390), and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Eliot, Marc. American titan

ISBN:

9780062269003

0062269003

9780062269027

006226902X

OCLC:

878953543